Vietnam War veteran awarded the National Defense Medal and Vietnam Service Medal, and won the George Washington Honor Medal, from the Freedom Foundation. Attended Newport Harbor High School, San Diego City College, Cypress Junior College, Chapman College, and LA Valley College. Paul won the LA Diamond Belt, Welterweight Division, the Southern ...
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Movies
American Graffiti, More American Graffiti, Puppet Master, Melvin and Howard, American History X, The Burning Bed, Aloha, Bobby and Rose, Strange Invaders, Handle with Care, Rock & Rule, The Night They Saved Christmas, The Long Shot, The Hanoi Hilton, Cyborg Conquest, Big Bad Love, P.K. and the Kid, ...
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
1
He was one of the people that George Lucas had in mind to play Han Solo in the first Star Wars movie.
2
He wrote the EBook "Hasten Down The Wind".
3
Moved to California when he was five years old.
4
Spent six months in the Philippines in addition to a tour of duty in Vietnam.
5
Attended various local colleges without receiving a degree.
6
At age twenty one, he went to New York to study acting. He studied at the The Actors Studio with Milton Katselas and Herbert Berghof, and at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.
7
Signed sixty of the Franklin Mint 32 Ford Deuce Coupes for the first time ever, during a private signing with Rocky Whitehead & Brenda Whitehead in Hollywood, California on 1 April 2002.
8
Close friend, Rocky Whitehead, is webmaster of his Official MySpace Website.
9
Paul Lemat graduated from Newport Harbor High in 1963, in the same class as documentary film maker Greg MacGillivray. Others who have attended Newport Harbor High include Frank Marshall and Anthony Zerbe.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
2000
TV Series
Sheldon Ludavik
The Outfitters
1999
Robby
American History X
1998
McMahon
Conan
1997
TV Series
Farmer Leader
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995-1996
TV Series
Josiah Peale
Grace Under Fire
1995
TV Series
The stranger
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994-1995
TV Series
Josiah Peale
Sensation
1994
Mitch Snyder
Deep Down
1994
Ray
Caroline at Midnight
1994
Emmet
Wishman
1992
Basie
Deuce Coupe
1992
Sheriff
Woman with a Past
1992
TV Movie
Merle
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
1992
TV Movie
Doug Bodrero
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1992
TV Series
Charlie
Blind Witness
1989
TV Movie
Det. Mike Tuthill
Puppetmaster
1989
Video
Alex Whitaker
Grave Secrets
1989
David Shaw
Easy Wheels
1989
Bruce
Veiled Threat
1989
Jack Purcell
The Twilight Zone
1988
TV Series
Tom Bennett
Secret Witness
1988
TV Movie
Kurt
Murder, She Wrote
1988
TV Series
Luke Purdue / Carl Mattson
Into the Homeland
1987
TV Movie
Derrick Winston
P.I. Private Investigations
1987
Detective Wexler
The Hanoi Hilton
1987
Hubman
The Hitchhiker
1987
TV Series
Jake Purly
P.K. and the Kid
1987
Kid Kane
Long Time Gone
1986
TV Movie
Nick Sandusky
On Wings of Eagles
1986
TV Mini-Series
Jay Coburn
The Night They Saved Christmas
1984
TV Movie
Michael Baldwin
The Burning Bed
1984
TV Movie
Mickey Hughes (as Paul LeMat)
Strange Invaders
1983
Charles Bigelow
Rock & Rule
1983
Omar (voice)
Jimmy the Kid
1982
John Dortmunder
The Gift of Life
1982
TV Movie
Dwayne Sutton
Death Valley
1982
Mike
Melvin and Howard
1980
Melvin Dummar
More American Graffiti
1979
John Milner
Handle with Care
1977
Spider
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
1975
Bobby
American Graffiti
1973
John
Firehouse
1973
TV Movie
Billy Dalzell
Heaven with a Gun
pre-production
Murphy
Chrome Angels
2009
Elliot Davros
The Long Shot
2004
TV Movie
Guido Levits
Stateside
2004
Dori's Internist
Big Bad Love
2001
Monroe
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hot Rods Across America: Part 2
2008
Documentary
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hot Rods Across America: Part 2
2008
Documentary co-executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy
2004
Video documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tales of the Rat Fink
2006
Documentary
Cruisin' (voice)
Movies That Shook the World
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Movies' Greatest Cars
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Marty's Corner
2004
TV Series
Himself - Guest
George Lucas... Cruisin' Modesto
1998
Himself
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Directors
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
1985
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1981
TV Special
Himself - Nominee
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2012
TV Series documentary
Alex Whitaker
Banda sonora
2009
TV Series
John Milner
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation
2001
Video documentary
Alex Whitaker (Puppert Master)
Biography
2000
TV Series documentary
Mickey Hughes in 'The Burning Bed'
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
1997
Video documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1985
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Burning Bed (1984)
1974
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Most Promising Newcomer - Male
American Graffiti (1973)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1981
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
$18 Million
